Rescue workers aren’t the only ones who can save lives in an emergency.
This month, Montgomery County officials recognized six people as “everyday heroes” who saved others during four life-threatening situations.
The six, who included a security guard, pool operator and FedEx driver, received the awards at a ceremony last week, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.
Officials said the following people were recognized:
Nicholas Ayers, a security guard, who alerted nearly 50 residents to a major fire in Aspen Hill last December.
The four-alarm blaze broke out at Manor Apartments, located at 14201 Georgia Ave., at about 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 29. Authorities said Ayers banged on doors and helped evacuate 49 residents of the building.
Tiffany Miles, a pool operator who saved a 3-year-old boy from drowning at a Burtonsville swimming pool this summer.
Miles was restocking chemicals on June 13 when she saw a child at the bottom of the pool, which was closed at the time. Miles pulled the child from the pool and began to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation while a colleague called 911. The child survived the incident.
Dean Haught, Kyle Murphy and Steve Cumpston, who saved a construction worker who suffered a heart attack in Gaithersburg in August.
They performed CPR and used a defibrillator to revive the worker, who suffered the attack at the MedImmune construction site on Aug. 27.
Earl Spence, a FedEx driver who helped three senior citizens locked in a hot vehicle in July.
Spence was making a delivery in Laytonsville on July 7 when he saw the idling van. Two elderly people were inside and unconscious, and one was conscious but disoriented. He called 911 and all three survived.
